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Kiwi Life

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

Although it probably won’t, the recent kerfuffle over the brilliant works of Dr Seuss and other creators of children’s books ought to have readers going back to the writings of George Orwell. Not so much for the many perceptive things Orwell had to say about politics, censorship and the English language, but for the celebrated writer’s own work in mounting one of the first literary assaults on the reputation of such an author.

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